KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan today conveyed his well wishes and prayers to former Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who is recovering at the National Heart Institute (IJN).

"My prayers and good wishes go to my friend Dr Mahathir Mohamad for his speedy recovery," he said in his tweet.

Dr Mahathir, 96, was first admitted to IJN on Jan 7 and discharged on Jan 13 after undergoing an elective medical procedure on Jan 8. However, on last Saturday he was warded at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU).

Dr Mahathir's daughter Marina in a statement on Wednesday said her father's health has been improving and he has been moved from the CCU to the normal ward.

-- BERNAMA